Show 126 STUDENT LIFE sank the Spanish fleet these guns were picturesque Tondo church the Insular totrained against the American ships but bacco factory the Hotel De Oriente the without any serious results On the Castel De Meisic the barracks of the southern side of the wall there is a like Utah Light Artillery in the Philippines Manila railbattery trained on the “Calle Real” or and the depot of the only road This is what is known as the Tonmain street leading to old Fort Malate On both the eastern and northern sides do district and it is where the preat fire there are similar batteries protecting of February 22 1899 occurred Here the these sides great native market is situated Although In the walled city are most if not all it was destroyed in the fire it has since been rebuilt at enormous cost of money of the Spanish residences the arsenal the Palace or Governor General’s head- and labor Here too are the residences class of natives quarters the archbishop’s residence nu- of the rich and higher merous beautiful old churches built hunmany and varied factories and the fadreds of years ago and many immense mous Manila slaughter house where all old ruins Manila has some of the most the tortures devised by the brain of a beautiful picturesque old churches in savage are put into practice the world In the walled city there are Down at the wharves a busy scene is solof the numerous barracks Spanish observed Here is the captain of the un-‘ diers The Spanish residences are port’s office the quartermaster’s depot like any American residences They are numerous store houses of the different built with the idea of protection from a merchants of Manila and a branch depot sudden uprising of the natives Window of the Manila railroad At the captain glass is almost wholly unknown small of the port’s office the master of an outsea shells take the place of glass and in going vessel is busy getting his clearare there window heavy ance front of every papers andthe captain of an incomstone is a large iron bars The palace ing vessel is reporting his arrival the of acre an than more building covering number and state of his passengers At ground the quartermaster’s department the evermodor new is the Across the Pasig present Chinaman is busy unloading supon carried is business by where em city plies from America for Uncle Sam’s solearth on nation almost from every people diers in the Philippines and some are business is the principal The Estcolta loading them on carts and army wagons street of Manila The business carried to send them to the front As only light on here is as varied as the nations it repvessels can come up to the draught short is itself of very resents The street wharves the supplies are brought from blocks our of three of the about length the large transports in small boats to the twists distance it small that and even for wharves and then unloaded again around like a snake crawling on the Here a marked peculiarity of the naground About two o’clock in the aftertives may be observed Young girls carnoon tliis thoroughfare is almost deserted the owners are taking their siesta or ry fruit around in baskets on their heads afternoon sleep But about five or six selling it to anyone who will buy In in the afternoon the street is crowded most cases although they are barefooted with carriages and pedestrians doing and their dresses are tom and dirty the girls wear from two to five diamond their day’s shopping Westward from the Estcolta there is a rings Just as the gentleman is never spsl!? |